What A Wildfire Taught Switchfoot About Protecting Creative Data

When a wildfire headed straight for alternative rock band Switchfoot’s studio near San Diego, the musicians realized they were in danger of losing their entire library of multi-track recordings, representing years and years of hard work. “The first thought in my head was: grab the hard drives,” the band’s lead vocalist Jon Foreman remembers. The [...]

27.08.2009 Seagate Ups the Ante With Two Terabyte NAS, Wi-Fire Stretches Your Wireless ReachHave important data? Of course you do. Are you protecting it? Backing it up, storing it safely, maybe using RAID to prevent catastrophe when one hard drive crashes? If 27.03.2010 Seagate blogs – week in review 3.26.2010Check out what Seagate bloggers had to talk about this past week:
Storage Effect – Everything Storage
Reaping the rewards of the creative continuum
LSI’s new SAS JBODs…just add drives
Lost the complete collection…36 DVDs, 900GB
Inside IT Storage – Enterprise Storage
Simplify your life with automated tiered storage from Compellent
Overwriting data and Wiping drives is NOT the best way to [...]27.04.2013 Just for fun: how hard drive parts inspire creativityHave an old hard drive laying around that is no longer needed? Don’t discard it, because inside these technological marvels is a virtual treasure trove of creative inspiration. No, I am not talking about the data that may still reside on the drive, but the magnet, platters, actuator arm, washers, motor, etc. Lifehacker runs the [...]22.06.2013 What Does Data Look Like – InfographicI love a creative way to present information. Probably why I have an infographic addiction. Our pals over at IXtract have crafted this spiffy infographic to breakdown the size of data as compared to real-world objects starting with a drop of water up to the Black Sea. Sometimes it’s hard to actually visualize data because [...]12.01.2012 Rocstor's Amphibious HDD Kicks Data Security Up a NotchThese guys don't mess around when it comes to protecting your data.15.03.2012 WD® Shipping My Book® Thunderbolt™ Duo Dual-Drive Storage System: Ultra-Fast Read/Write Times for Creative Pros, and Today's Need-it-Now ConsumersUp to 6 TB Capacities, Double-safe Protection, RAID, User Serviceability, and Dual Thunderbolt Ports for Daisy Chaining and Unparalleled Workflow Efficiency
IRVINE, Calif., March 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- – Western Digital® (NYSE: WDC), the world's leader in external storage solutions, is now shipping its first external hard drive with Thunderbolt™ technology – the My Book® Thunderbolt™ Duo dual-drive storage system. The new My Book Thunderbolt Duo provides professionals and Mac® enthusiasts with five primary areas of performance, double-safe data protection and flexibility; ultra-fast data tr...10.06.2008 Hard Drive Withstands Fire And Water SubmersionAuburn (CA) - Most small businesses and consumers do not have elaborate disaster recovery plans in place, which means that their data may be at risk, especially if backups are stored nearby.04.06.2008 SAS Cables: Everything you Wanted to Know is at Uniconn BoothHow familiar are you with SAS cabling? There aren't only the internal data and power connectors, but fan-out cables, MiniSAS connectors based on Infiniband hardware, external PCI Express cabling and others. We found a great overview at Uniconn Corp.17.06.2008 Green data centerMake your data center green with the latest storage virtualization ideas from IBM, featuring the new IBM Virtualization Engine TS7530.17.06.2008 IBM LTO Tape Media RewardsAccumulate points for top quality electronics and other prizes when you purchase IBM LTO Ultrium data cartridges.